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The photos above were taken in January 2004, a couple weeks before starting SBD. When I finally got around to processing my film, I had already lost about 20 pounds and was SHOCKED :shock: to see how big I had been. I started SBD weighing 286- so that's roughly what I weigh in these photos. These photos aren't even of me at my heaviest- 307... I don't have any pictures on my PC of me at that weight.
The photos above were taken in September and November of 2004. I weigh about 245 in both. I had lost just over 40 pounds with SBD by this time.
Here's the most recent photo I have from September 2005:
Weight loss with SBD has been a journey for me... a bit of a rollercoaster ride, actually. Unfortunately I've had many starts and stops over the past couple years. I stayed on SBD for a year the first time and stopped following SBD faithfully in January 2005 due to a stall of almost 3 months. I gained about 10-15 pounds when I "went astray". I started back on the Beach in June 2005. Alas, I "went astray" again around October 2005. Again in January 2006 I started... and stopped due to not losing weight. My most recent journey on to the Beach began May 29, 2006. This time around I've only lost about 2.5 pounds in 6 weeks... so I'm going to have the doctor check to see if there is a medical reason why I haven't been able to lose weight in the past year and a half. Despite the trials and tribulations, I'm really happy to have found SBD, this forum and a new lifestyle!
Here's a photo taken at the end of July 2007, just before I returned to the Beach:
Things are slow going, but they're headed in the right direction. I've lost about 7 pounds in the first month back on the Beach. Though I've gained some weight back, I'm still about 40 pounds below my highest weight.
Thank you to all my fabulous Beach Babes and Beach Bums on this board... you guys are fantastic! |
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Sat Jun 11, 2005 7:01 am |
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| RedRox
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| Great progress!! Pretty amazing transformation already. Keep up the good work!! And thanks for posting! Always nice to see the person behind the lips! ;) |
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Sat Jun 11, 2005 7:42 pm |
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| SoulLips
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| Thanks redroxco. I still have a long way to go... but I'm planning on living SBD from here on out... so I have plenty of time to accomplish my weight loss and fitness goals. Here I am, the woman behind the lips! :P |
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Sat Jun 11, 2005 8:22 pm |
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| clg81
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| Eventhough you left the beach for a while, that's great that your coming back! I'm a day ahead of you (started SBD 6/11/05), but I am inspired by what you have done so far. Tomorrow is the first day of the rest of your life!!! :D |
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Sun Jun 12, 2005 2:20 am |
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| SoulLips
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| Thanks clg81! I have to keep in mind that even with the weight gain I've still lost 52 pounds from my heaviest weight! I'm feeling really good about restarting SBD. |
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Sun Jun 12, 2005 9:53 pm |
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| dreaminstacy67
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| pmpl (peein my pants laughin) red... you kill me lol... great job so far tina!! one day at a time, and you can and WILL do it this time hun xxx... its nice to put the face to the name, not i dont feel like i know ya already lol... talk to ya soon, stacy xxx |
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Sun Jun 12, 2005 10:14 pm |
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| LegalBeagle
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| Looking great! Keep it up, girlfriend!!! :D |
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Mon Jun 13, 2005 6:29 pm |
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| garciak3
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| Welcome back to the beach. You look fabulous in your pictures. Can't wait to see new ones in a couple of months!!!!! |
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Mon Jun 13, 2005 11:13 pm |
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| Kimboroni
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| Nice work, SoulLips! |
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Tue Jun 14, 2005 1:13 am |
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| SoulLips
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| Thank you for all the great comments and compliments! I look forward to posting more photos in the upcoming months! :P |
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Tue Jun 14, 2005 4:11 am |
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| vickil
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| Welcome back girlfriend! We missed you! So glad to have you back! Good luck, stay strong! |
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Tue Jun 14, 2005 7:18 pm |
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| RedPanda
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| Thanks for posting the pix SoulLips - as someone has already remarked, there's a pretty dramatic transformation already! Keep up the good work! :D |
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Sun Jun 26, 2005 7:49 am |
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| eureka2020
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| congrats! |
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Mon Jun 27, 2005 12:17 am |
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| SoulLips
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Today is the end of P1... and things have felt really easy this time around. I think after a year of following SBD it really did become my "natural" way of eating to a large degree. Hopefully I'll get over this dreadful cold this week so I can get back to exercising too.
You are all so wonderful! Thank you for all the support! |
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Mon Jun 27, 2005 1:08 am |
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| Dolly-VA
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| You've done so well and the photos show it! You should feel very proud of yourself. :D Now that you're back though, isn't it amazing how well and how good it feels to have your diet under control again? (Coming from someone who is "back," too. Lol!) |
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Sat Jul 02, 2005 1:09 am |
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